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<p>Move over Fusion-io and RAMdisks with battery back up, Viking Technology has a surprise in store for you.&nbsp; Their DDR3 ArxCis-NV works as a standard DIMM in your machine, making installation and compatibility a snap.&nbsp; The difference is the super capacitor, available in a variety of sizes, which provides power long enough for the entire contents of the DIMM to be dumped to SLC flash for non-volatile storage in the case of a power outage or expected shut down.&nbsp; Once power is restored the contents of the SLC flash is dumped back to the DIMM and once again your storage media is back to running at DDR3 speeds.&nbsp; The slowest part of your storage will be the flash drive!&nbsp; <a href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/10/19/viking_hybrid_dram_nand/">If that sounds like something you'd like to know more about head to The&nbsp;Register</a>.</p>
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<blockquote><p>&quot;Viking Technology is a division of Sanmina-SCI, and its DDR3 ArxCis-NV is a DIMM that comes in 2, 4 and 8GB capacity points and operates at DRAM speed. It integrates into industry-standard x86 motherboards and functions in the host environment as a JEDEC standard DDR3 registered DIMM. If there is a power failure, or a host driven command, the ArxCis-NV will save all data in the DRAM to SLC (single-level cell) flash; upon power being restored, the data is written back to the DRAM ready for the system to access immediately following boot-up, provided there's sufficient operating system-level support for such a restore.&quot;</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/How-about-battery-free-RAMdrive-Viking-ArxCis-NV-writes-flash-if-it-loses-power" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/How-about-battery-free-RAMdrive-Viking-ArxCis-NV-writes-flash-if-it-loses-power#commentsGeneral TechDRAM to SLCflashramdisksuper capVikingThu, 20 Oct 2011 15:35:52 +0000Jeremy Hellstrom52561 at http://www.pcper.com